Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	162% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171018
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 13:03
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 396 50% 381 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4944 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	5.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.57 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 7.47 6% 8.55 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 0.04 4% 5.72 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 232 223 219 213 210 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,249 Write 1,030 Mixed 479 SusWrite 275 168% 758 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 48.3 200% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 919 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 562 479% 709 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 236%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 156GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 236 208 210 209 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 380 Write 264 Mixed 297 SusWrite 213 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 41.6 151% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 248 183% 240 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 94%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 215GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 66GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 19 19 19 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 13.5 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 19.4 19% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 88%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 5GB 1GB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 120 Write 62.9 Mixed 81.2 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.83 MB/s

Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 294GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 18 18 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 53.1 Write 54.7 Mixed 54 SusWrite 19.2 34% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 18% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 106%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 107GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 59.1 Write 92.2 Mixed 72 SusWrite 19.4 46% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 88%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 34GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2GB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 94.1 Write 77.8 Mixed 83.6 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.6% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,951x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	929x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,062x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	740x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	536x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	404x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	841x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16